Cheesed Off

First, there was the ban on using pan-asian faces in local ads. Now, Malaysia’s advertising policies are going one step further – Ronald McDonald, Colonel Sanders and other fast food moguls may no longer be able to rake in any ad dollars on Malaysian television. Word around the campfire is that local radio and tv [...]

The real story of Little Red Riding Hood

While we’re on the subject…
Little Red Riding Hood was on her way to visit Grandma as usual. Decked out in her signature red outfit, she threw on her little red cloak, pulled the little red hood over her head, and headed out through the woods.
As she was skipping along merrily in her little red shoes, [...]

Memories of Mother Goose

I remember returning from uni one summer and discovering that Mum had unceremoniously given away my entire Nancy Drew and Secret Seven series! OK so I didn’t read them any more, but these books were kind of sacred. I dunno – held lots of memories for me I guess.
Anyway, while I was back at Mum’s [...]

Don’t throw your hand

when your day is long
and the night, the night is yours alone
when you’re sure you’ve had enough of this life
well hang on
don’t let yourself go
’cause everybody cries
and everybody hurts
sometimes.
sometimes everything is wrong
now it’s time to sing along
when your day is night alone
hold on
if you feel like letting go
hold on
if you think you’ve had too [...]

Worried sick

Gizmo had to have his bad eye removed last Friday.
Two weeks ago, we noticed that he had an abnormal amount of discharge from his left eye, in which he is totally blind. So after work, I rushed him to the vet and was told that Giz had developed a cataract and there was some inflammation. [...]